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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Sep 16
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
641 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 466▲ 26 vs year ago 615 · +4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 35▲ 31 vs year ago 100 · +31.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.52/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +11.23 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$393.52
42 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.34
vs FL average
−11.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543411.562,23320
Medium and Large 2551377.112,07922
One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
393.52
—
FL average4 barns · 241 hd
398.86
−5.34
National average165 barns · 10,728 hd
404.64
−11.12
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+11.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
485427368310median 382.2903/1705/1908/0409/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $470.90, low $324.03, median $382.29 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,659198.333,2905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,238157.431,94954
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,086142.211,54426

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263619.52/cwt610.00–630.001,62910
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320609.69/cwt600.00–620.001,95114
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325564.54/cwt550.00–580.001,83512
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325516.69/cwt500.00–535.001,67910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363584.48/cwt570.00–600.002,12214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370475.61/cwt460.00–490.001,76012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377512.74/cwt500.00–540.001,93318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423507.72/cwt500.00–515.002,14810
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3424426.01/cwt410.00–440.001,80611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430471.10/cwt450.00–490.002,02615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465475.54/cwt450.00–500.002,21114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473389.74/cwt380.00–400.001,84314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475424.68/cwt410.00–440.002,01714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520428.00/cwt410.00–445.002,22610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533385.21/cwt370.00–400.002,05312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565395.13/cwt390.00–400.002,23210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573367.40/cwt360.00–375.002,10510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625365.24/cwt355.00–375.002,2838
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318420.24/cwt410.00–430.001,33610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321506.26/cwt490.00–520.001,62519
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328465.57/cwt450.00–480.001,52714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363481.11/cwt470.00–490.001,74611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365409.73/cwt400.00–420.001,49614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374445.77/cwt430.00–460.001,66711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412439.07/cwt420.00–460.001,80913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425394.65/cwt380.00–410.001,67714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427378.40/cwt350.00–410.001,61615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458422.70/cwt410.00–435.001,93612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465384.84/cwt370.00–400.001,79010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518354.64/cwt340.00–370.001,83712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520385.14/cwt380.00–390.002,00310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563374.38/cwt370.00–380.002,1089
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575350.39/cwt335.00–365.002,01512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623342.29/cwt335.00–350.002,13212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,659198.33/cwt193.00–203.003,2905
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086142.21/cwt138.00–148.001,54426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238157.43/cwt150.00–165.001,94954

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.